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Three Courses: The Daleks

This four-part audio drama released by Big Finish in 2001 is set in the 42nd century, when the Daleks invade and conquer most of the Milky Way galaxy. The story follows Susan (Suz) Mendes, who was captured by the Daleks and used to increase productivity of their human slaves throughout their empire. Suz, in secret, plotted to overthrow the Daleks with the help of KalendorfAlby Brookno Doctor. The humans are on their own this time, It isn't the first time they have been conquered by the Daleks (as we will discuss later), but without the Doctor to help bail them out, things are going to get messy.

6-Part Television Serial, 1964
Series 2, Episodes 4-9
Written by: Terry Nation
Directed by: Richard Martin
Starring: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carol Ann Ford, Bernard Kay, Peter Fraser, Alan JuddThe Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Susan find that they have conquered the Earth in 2164. London is mostly deserted with the human population either in hiding, working as slaves, or converted to fearsome RobomenDalek EmpireWhere to Purchase

The second of two feature film adaptations of Doctor WhoBBC1. Boy does it look different.

These films were only based on Doctor Who, so they take place outside of the ongoing canon of the series. However, they were far from unofficial releases. The legendary Peter Cushing plays the human scientist and inventor Dr. WhoGrand Moff TarkinSusan and BarbaraIan) to SkaroDr. Who and the Daleks to enjoy . Roberta Tovey Louise, played by Jill Curzon, and a police constable named Tom Campbell, played by Bernard CribbonsWilfred Mott in several episodes of the current Doctor Who series. No explanation is given for the switch in cast, nor is it really needed. Campbell gets a decent introduction, Louise is introduced as his niece, and then off they go.

The plot of the film has most of the same broad strokes as the television episode it was based on. This is the dessert course, and accordingly, this recommendation is missing a lot of the meatiness of the television serial. The movie is slicker and a bit more action-packed, and a lot of the dramatic elements are missing or glossed over. Susan is also a little girl, so the romance angle is completely missing. It is also in shiny, popping technicolor, so in addition to the better sets, costumes, and production quality it is also much nicer to look at. While I preferred the acting of the Robomen in the television serial, their costumes are far superior in the movie and they seem much more menacing.

The story is lighter, but the film is a lot of fun to watch. I think it was better than Dr. Who and the DaleksWhere to Purchase

Fair enough. I generally like RiffTrax and MST3K, but I think the concept works best only on movies that are "so bad they are good" to the point where the RiffTrax stuff is the only thing that makes the movie bearable.

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD actually isn't a bad movie. There is plenty to joke about, sure, but by giving it the RiffTrax treatment, I think they almost do a disservice to the good parts of the film. Which really is most of it.

First off, the movies. The movie selection is fairly small -- the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, the first two Christopher Nolan Batman movies, several of the animated films. Part of the issue here may be one of availability -- I have no idea who currently has the streaming rights to, for example, the two Swamp Thing Burton/Schumacher ...

In the beginning, there were Stan and Jack, and yea, they begat the children of the atom. And yea, it was good, And as always seems to happen with good things, eventually they made some movies out of them. In part one of this two-part installment of The Superhero Watch, we looked at the six movies (so far) that make up the main X-Men movie franchise. Today, in part two, we're looking at the three solo Wolverine films, the two adventures of Deadpool, and we glance ahead at the future of the 20th Century Fox X-Men universe once it moves over to its new overlords at the Walt Disney Global Media Consolidation Phalanx and Tiki Bar.And don't forget to read the previous installments focusing on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Spider-Man franchise, and the Superman filmsLetterboxd list just for that purpose.